SO I'm in the middle of doing a office carpet and the phone rings. I turn off the cimex and walk to the lobby to get my schedule book, and when I get back, there is like 2 gallons of solution on the floor in a big puddle. I had about five gallons in the tank when I started. Fortunatly, I had my TM with me so I extracted the solution the best I could. Has anybody else had this problem? It looks like the piece at the other end of the trigger wasn't crimping the hose well enough, or mabey the amount of solution in the tank was too much pressure to crimp. Anything will help. Tom
P.S. There is nothing visably broken (holes in the solution hose, ect..) that I can see.

I had the same problem, it seems if you fill the tank right to the top the control valve may not close all the way and allow solution to continue to flow onto the carpet, I was lucky and saw the problem and just kept cleaning until the valve closed on it's own, we now only put one pail of solution in the tank at any one time.

news to me. i've put close to 6 gallons in and no problem like that...maybe grease up the mechanism that pinches the sol hose.?.

look forward to other replies --- Derek.

I'll give it a try! Thanks, Tom

Tom,
Look to see if this part (picture below) of the hose connection is loose, if so tighten it or take it apart and rewrap with new teflon tape.




Hope this helps

Best
Tad
TAD SERVICES
http://www.tadsvces.com
Apopka,Florida

I have never had this problem, but I usally slide the hose to a new position (either push it in about 1" or let it out 1") every two weeks. If a small amount of trash gets in the tube at the crimp (to shut off) place in the hose it will leak thru slowly.

When I got that Cimex I was thrilled with everything except that chintzy pinch-off thing for controlling the flow of chemical. I still can't believe such a nice machine would settle for that cheap shot valve. If Bo Newman doesn't fix his and make a post, I'll have to go to work on mine. (grin)

~Jack

Good advice above. I think you guys nailed it. I'm actually in Dalton Georgia right now, so I appreciate you guys covering for me. I will be back in the office on Thursday, call me if it's still giving you trouble.

In addition to what's been considered above, make sure that the tank has not become loose. If it gets banged, the tank can slide up the handle a little. This will keep the valve from pinching the tube. If you have jolted the tank and it is now loose, the solution is simple. We just take a strip of thin rubber and place it under the top mounting bracket on the tank (a short strip of a bicycle inner tube works perfect).

Jack... I can appreciate your view that the design of the valve is "chintzy". I can see why you'd think that, after all - it's just a plastic valve. However if you've ever had a floor machine with a shampoo tank I think you'll agree that the valves are ALWAYS getting plugged up. Man I was constantly frustrated with clogged and worthless valves on my old machines. But here's the good thing about the Cimex valves... They simply don't get plugged. So although the valve is a simple design, it works very well. Plus if it does break (this seldom ever happens) it is very inexpensive to replace. Sometimes simple is a good thing.




Rick Gelinas
encapman

yes, I used to flush my tank with fresh water.. then leave the hose out of the 'pincher' if you will.. allowing the water to run thru the hose without my having to be there to hold the trigger. LOL
i forgot to put the solution hose back thru the 'pincher' on the next job,, loaded up the tank , opened up the valve.. went plug her in,, drink a sip of coke or something came back to a half empty tank.. OOPS>

It took a minute to figure out what was wrong. I laughed.

Dobs

Steve Dobson
ProFloor
Custom Cleaning Services

I have never used the shut off on mine in over a year and it stays on the van, and always has about a gallon of solution in it, and it never has leaked. I really like the simplicity of that valve.

As a matter of fact Rick, my tank is loose. That was the puzzling part....sometimes the tank would leak, and other times it would behave itself. Could you give me a little more instruction on how to secure the tank down, your remedy was a little confusing. Thanks for all the help guys, Tom

Remove the top tank bracket. Cut a strip of rubber from a bicycle inner tube (about 3" long). Put it underneath the bracket. Press down on the tank as you reinstall and tighten the bracket. This simple fix should take care of the problem for you.



Rick Gelinas
encapman

Since the tank relys on gravity feed, I found moving the hose and shortening the length between the hose pinch and the tank influenced the flow. It is great to have two ways to turn off the flow. I know now to close the tank valve when leaving it unattended for a long period of time.

My problem is when trash gets in the tank having to get my Popeye sized forearms to the bottom of the tank to clean the filter.

George Barnett
Owner: G & G Services
HydroTech Representative
www.webnow.com/HydroTech

I had the same problem. I fixed it by cutting a half-circle piece out of the top edge of the tank (the rolled over section). If you do this, maybe you can't fill the tank quite as full, but life is full of compromises.

even my 13" pythons can't fit in to the bottom...takes my wifes 11" pythons to do it lol.